In his textbook Language (1933), he had himself adopted a behaviouristic theory of meaning, defining the meaning of a linguistic form as "the situation in which the speaker utters it and the response which it calls forth in the hearer".
Although Schneider had never been interested in politics, he found himself adopting his patients' rhetoric about their "right to pain relief," a notion that has been championed by leading pain doctors.
Lately, Mr. Hranek said, he finds himself adopting Mr. Millan's trademark "sshht!" sound — meant to snap dogs out of unconstructive patterns of thought or behavior — not just when Charlie jumps up on the kitchen counter, but also when Clara does.
Mr. MacLeod said he himself was adopted, and grew up largely in Stuyvesant Town, loving and loved by unlikely animals like squirrels and unfriendly dogs.
Its author accuses the Spaniards of not abiding by their own Christian doctrine, which he himself has adopted, and demands the restoration of native leaders to local rule.
He himself has adopted English ways, sitting at table with his wife and sons in a sort of brownish, indoor dusk, patiently eating bowls of crumble and custard; yet a poster on his wall, advertising Australia, promises sunshine and tranquillity, and his encounters with Bertie become a rebuke to the half-light of his adopted land.
He favors high kitsch, having grown up in Queens, where the apartment houses of first- and second-generation Americans were pedigreed with names like "Gardens" or "Villa" or "Courts," sometimes with a vestigial "e" added, as in "Towne". He himself has adopted a Louis XIV affect.
But Qiying did insist that he himself should adopt the governor's son and take him back to Beijing.
Bob Lambert, who is facing a potential criminal investigation over his work for a secret unit of undercover officers, admitted that when he was deployed as a spy himself, he adopted the identity of a seven-year-old boy who died of a congenital heart defect.
